Jim's Beer Kit

Here's a link to the series of posts I did about creating the cooler cupboard and indoor brewery. The condenser plate and compressor were supplied and fitted by a cooling engineer. It cost about £1,100. Pricey, but well worth it. It's lovely to be able to draw a pint at about 12°C on these warm aft...

… 2 gauges a must, obviously! Pardon? Put that out of your head for starters! Just one gauge is needed to tell you how many PSI you set the regulator's low-pressure side. Many regulators have two gauges, but for CO2 the second gauge (high pressure side) tells you only if the cylinder is empty, or n...

… With equipment like this now appearing on the market in quick time, are us 3V system builders the last of our breed? … You probably right. I very nearly gave up on my 3V system which is only just coming back on-line after a 9-month outage - a gap filled rather too well by a Grainfather! I'm even ...

… PeeBee: do Grainfather make a 50 litre version? I've not been able to find one. … Oops. I said 50 litre didn't I. Not available yet, but it's coming (probably New Year now 'cos they must have all been tied up with the software "upgrade" fiasco recently): https://grainfather.com/grainfather-g70/ A...

Thanks to everyone who replied. I think I'll go for the Grainfather. I think there is only one regret I have about getting a Grainfather (ignoring their recent foul-up "upgrading" the software. Fixed now; I think? … I hope!) and that is: I couldn't wait for them to bring out the new bigger 50L vers...

Hi "Globaldave". We were discussing this on another thread I know, but you are introducing some conflicting info here? So the "flow regulator" is part of the beer-line, and also steps the pipe diameter down - that makes sense, so the tap takes the thinner line which has a stripe but that doesn't ind...

Amber Malt is terrific stuff, but very variable (hence there has been answers to say it is too toasty/roasty). Suggesting it is roasted between 50 and 100 EBC doesn't help much. Great in malty styles like "Burton Ale". E.g. Fullers 1845 clones, but the recipes for 1845 are only 10% amber and Simpson...

I'll use pellets to dry hop (sometimes) and tend to do it in the secondary. Pellets sink and there is not much chance of introducing oxygen as it has been pressed out. But I do "bag" (not really, I "cage") them for the quite unfounded reason that by adding them loose they sink into the yeast sedimen...

Best I could find on manuals, but this "TRM900" seems to be a later model and the pipe configuration is quite different. Might be worth giving Brandels a call to see if you can get the right manual? You must find the model number for your cooler first. https://brandels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/...

Just be doubly sure 'cos I'm giving advice over a distance based on some photos I'm sure I'm interpreting correctly (i.e. if it squirts beer all over you, I've vanished!). I am assuming the two middle tubes on the cooler are the python lines 'cos they are jumpered and with a striped tube. That means...

Hmmm i didnt know if i could disconnect the jumpered tube and connect them to the 2 clear tubes that come from the tap. the thin tube that has the flow adjuster on is for the carling tap. it will get a thourgh clean once my cleaning bucket turns up. The last thing you want is beer running into the ...

HaHA thanks for the info. … The second row has the piccie of the unit: It's got one product coil (the open tubes - you'll need to run line cleaner or the like through them and rinse them well), the jumpered tubes is the python line (and they've already been jumpered as I'd described). The other pho...

Damn, this post needs deleting!

Here's a typical cooler: s-l1600.jpg Actually not so typical, it's got 4 product lines and 2 is more typical. The python lines are that pair of upturned pipes. The red stoppered pipe is the overflow and indicates when enough cooling water has been put in (don't try picking up the cooler when full - ...

Don't quite follow your cooler setup (as you are new you'll have to be "active" - post a few posts - before you are allowed to post attachments like piccies), but your cooler should have an in/out "python" line and one or more in/out "product" lines. The product lines are kept very clean (your beer ...